Westworld (NO SPOILERS)

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Flip Martian

19,653 posts

190 months

Thursday 20th October 2016
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walm said:
Yes - definite spoiler.
Although in fairness, if the fembots hadn't gone on a murderous rampage at some point then I would have been sorely disappointed.
Yeah, fair point... smile

RumbleOfThunder

3,554 posts

203 months

Friday 21st October 2016
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Aah she was the smoking bird who greeted our main guest characters at the train station.

Smollet

10,556 posts

190 months

Friday 21st October 2016
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I'm actually getting a bit bored with it now. Might as well watch Deadwood

Nuclearsquash

1,329 posts

262 months

Friday 21st October 2016
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Flip Martian said:
Can't see Teddy leaving the park - he's shown no signs of "awakening" and only been a bot with a limited range - "take people to hookers shootouts or be gun fodder". His "I heard of a place where the mountains meet the sea" line was just script I think. As Hopkins said said to him - his job is to keep Dolores there in WW.
That's the thing though, by completing his back story it will be his awakening as he is no longer bound by the no existent things he has to do, regardless of what Ford thinks, Dolores will be the one to help him wake up as she continues down her path to consciousness.

lemmingjames

7,456 posts

204 months

Friday 21st October 2016
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Guvernator said:
The human gang thing is a bit odd, so the indications are that they are guests as Ted's gun was ineffective against them? So there a a bunch of guests who decided to go all native? When did this happen and how long have they been there? Why are they following the mad Wyatt? I take it Hopkins character introduced this new story-line as no one else seems to know anything about it and mentioned wanting to give Ted some proper backstory which involves Wyatt.

Intrigued to see where this will lead but at the moment it seems a little off. The other female guest with Ted seemed genuinely scared, not really a nice experience for someone whose paid a lot of money to be there, I'd be wanting my money back. At what point are the actions of other guests deemed unacceptable and the park keepers have to step in and call time?
I reckon its the gang having the orgy in Epi 1.

What happens with a Guest on Guest, obviously actors of physical violence can still occur but would the corp then send in real life security or what?

Halb

53,012 posts

183 months

Friday 21st October 2016
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Psyche evaluations to make sure that there's no hidden Dexters?

4x4Tyke

6,506 posts

132 months

Friday 21st October 2016
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lemmingjames said:
I reckon its the gang having the orgy in Epi 1.

What happens with a Guest on Guest, obviously actors of physical violence can still occur but would the corp then send in real life security or what?
Well, the closing scene suggests that question is probably going to be answered in the next episode.

We've seen the probably human gang capturing the probably female guest told to run by Ted.

Flip Martian

19,653 posts

190 months

Friday 21st October 2016
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Nuclearsquash said:
That's the thing though, by completing his back story it will be his awakening as he is no longer bound by the no existent things he has to do, regardless of what Ford thinks, Dolores will be the one to help him wake up as she continues down her path to consciousness.
Possibly. Although Teddy's just had that gang descend on him so I would imagine he either ends up in little bits or back in the repair shop, so it might be a while before he gets another go at Wyatt.

Steve vRS

4,845 posts

241 months

Friday 21st October 2016
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Does anyone know why they had to decapitate the runaway?

FourWheelDrift

88,504 posts

284 months

Friday 21st October 2016
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Steve vRS said:
Does anyone know why they had to decapitate the runaway?
They are constantly growing new bodies and new hosts (replacements?) so they just needed to know what went wrong so were just going to take the part that holds the information. Maybe.

davepoth

29,395 posts

199 months

Friday 21st October 2016
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Steve vRS said:
Does anyone know why they had to decapitate the runaway?
Because it looks cool.

The hand wavy explanation was that they didn't want to wait for an extraction team, they wanted to examine the head, and it was too heavy to lift the whole thing out of the hole.

Steve vRS

4,845 posts

241 months

Friday 21st October 2016
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All that advanced tech and they can't plug a USB drive into it? wink

walm

10,609 posts

202 months

Friday 21st October 2016
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Steve vRS said:
All that advanced tech and they can't plug a USB drive into it? wink
They can turn him into sleep mode via wireless but need the head for Hannibal's wall-behind-desk Many-Faced God homage collection perhaps.

4x4Tyke

6,506 posts

132 months

Friday 21st October 2016
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Steve vRS said:
Does anyone know why they had to decapitate the runaway?
They had already decided it would be decommissioned, so why hump the whole body back, I presumed it was all they needed for their investigation.

Flip Martian

19,653 posts

190 months

Friday 21st October 2016
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Yeah but why on earth would they leave bits of bodies lying around the park? Seems at odds with an entertainment complex so scrupulouly aimed at the guests receiving "the ultimate experience".

I assumed it was to make sure the faulty robot wasn't going to get chance to be faulty again. But in all honesty I just thought it was a bit of spurious gore thrown in as that seems to be the fashion these days. Can't have an adult drama without loads of blood being thrown around...

kowalski655

14,638 posts

143 months

Friday 21st October 2016
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Steve vRS said:
All that advanced tech and they can't plug a USB drive into it? wink
But where would the USB port go?

Actually,probably best not to think about that! vomitsmile

popeyewhite

19,850 posts

120 months

Friday 21st October 2016
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davepoth said:
Steve vRS said:
Does anyone know why they had to decapitate the runaway?
Because it looks cool.

This.

On another note - what is the significance of the gun that keeps appearing, the gun that Dolores used to shoot the bad guy in the barn. Is it a fault in the system similar to the way Dolores gets shot and bleeds, then suddenly isn't?

walm

10,609 posts

202 months

Friday 21st October 2016
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popeyewhite said:
On another note - what is the significance of the gun that keeps appearing, the gun that Dolores used to shoot the bad guy in the barn. Is it a fault in the system similar to the way Dolores gets shot and bleeds, then suddenly isn't?
I think that Dolores bleeding thing was just her memory playing tricks.

As for the gun - I was assuming the voice in her head keeps putting it in helpful places.

kentlad

1,079 posts

183 months

Friday 21st October 2016
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My little theory on the gun is that it's one left behind by a guest, therefore able to inflict a mortal injury to a human?

gregs656

10,876 posts

181 months

Friday 21st October 2016
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kentlad said:
My little theory on the gun is that it's one left behind by a guest, therefore able to inflict a mortal injury to a human?
As I understand from the interview it the guns are all the same. The guns (or bullets) sense whether they are being fired at a host or a guest and adjust the effect of the shot, so there aren't 'guest' and 'host' guns per se. It is possible that the gun is not meant for the park, or has traditional rounds loaded.

What I'm seeing in the gun is an example of Delores maintaining a stream of consciousness.